26th Southampton (Swaythling) Scout Group

Analysis

26th Southampton (Swaythling) Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Southampton. It was registered in August 1977, 49 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 26th Southampton (Swaythling) Scout Group reported income of £26k and spending of £25k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £3,486 to £26k (+642%), an average of +65% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 466%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, 26th Southampton (Swaythling) Scout Group sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hove Women's Institute (£26k), Sudbrooke Village Hall (£26k) and Liss Recreation Ground (£26k).